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iOS 5 to Bring Revamped Notification System and Widgets?
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My iPhone 4 and iPad 1 both support playlist folders in their iPod apps. They're running iOS 4.3.3.
I still don't get the obsession with weather in the smartphone age.
Everyone seems to want to know the weather, have it on their lockscreen, etc.
Call me old fashioned, but if I want to know the weather I look out the window. And here in Glasgow, the answer is usually, "It's pishin' it doon".
Everyone seems to want to know the weather, have it on their lockscreen, etc.
Call me old fashioned, but if I want to know the weather I look out the window. And here in Glasgow, the answer is usually, "It's pishin' it doon".
Yeah, except I want the weather for later in the day, not for right now. You see, when your means of transportation doesn't have a roof or windows or anything really besides 2 wheels and handlebars, you kinda want to know if you're dragging the rain suit and what helmet visor is appropriate.
I've never been into weather as much as since I got a motorcycle.
Now that you don't want to know short term forecasts is not my problem. My problem is that unlocking the phone, opening the app, waiting for it to load, is a pain. A widget solves this.
I will accept the addition of widgets only if none are automatically installed, since I despise them and do not want nor have any need of them. If Apple forcea them on me, I will switch to Windows Phone 7.
NOTE: I am completely kidding about Windows Phone.
Oh, and a new feature I want to see on iOS 5 is the ability to "Hide" the apps you start out with, say, Stocks. I want to be able to hold it down, and then instead of seeing an "x", seeing a "-", which would get it off my home screen and into a 4th dimension, such as the Ethernet. Then, if I want it, I could go into settings and bring it back to my phone.
NOTE: I am completely kidding about the Ethernet. I am not stupid.
NOTE: I am completely kidding about Windows Phone.
Oh, and a new feature I want to see on iOS 5 is the ability to "Hide" the apps you start out with, say, Stocks. I want to be able to hold it down, and then instead of seeing an "x", seeing a "-", which would get it off my home screen and into a 4th dimension, such as the Ethernet. Then, if I want it, I could go into settings and bring it back to my phone.
NOTE: I am completely kidding about the Ethernet. I am not stupid.
The two things I liked most on Android were the notifications and widgets. To see those on iOS would make me very happy as it would put a break into the whole 'grid-UI' thing.
That's not entirely true. Apple was running widgets on the OS X dashboard about 5 years ago. I've got to think that the work that was put into mini-applications running like that was a precursor in development for widgets on an iOS device. I'm betting Apple was waiting to get it just right to keep from hogging RAM and killing battery life.
And Dashboard Widgets was a rip-off from Konfabulator.
I think it's far more likely that Apple didn't think widgets would be useful on the phone, and are now working on it after Android proved differently. If they had worked on it from the beginning they would've been able to implement it when they implemented multi-tasking. Simply put; it was an afterthought and they're trying to catch up
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No, all you have to do to know what's in the next update, is to look at what current jailbreakers are doing with their phones.
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No, all you have to do to know what's in the next update, is to look at what current jailbreakers are doing with their phones.
Because that is the stock reason people on web forums give for Apple not including features in the iPhone.
If Apple let's us customize how the phone looks like (i.e. themes) and gives widgets I'd be tempted to remove my jailbreak.
And at the same time, when discussing why Apple didn't advertise the RAM of iPad 2 because it's only half of the compitors', we are being told by these same people that "specs mean nothing" and "the RAM is sufficient".
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Am I the only one here that wishes for some true customization?
Notification revamp yes, widgets, ok. But give everyone a way to make the device personalized. JB is kind of getting long in the tooth, yet necessary for most that need the tools offered.
I know, a pipe dream...
Am I the only one here that wishes for some true customization?
Notification revamp yes, widgets, ok. But give everyone a way to make the device personalized. JB is kind of getting long in the tooth, yet necessary for most that need the tools offered.
I know, a pipe dream...
I should save this thread for later. So many on here "pooh-poohing" widgets:
"Oh, I'll never use that. It's crap."
"Never used widgets on the mac, won't use it here."
Blah.
Blah.
Blah.
I GUARANTEE 99% of you will be using widgets the moment it rolls out on iOS 5. (That is if the rumor is actually true). (By the way, most are already using a "widget" on iOS: the Calendar app. How? It shows the current date *live* on the icon itself. It's technically functioning as a widget. Yeah, seeing the "date" on the icon itself is SOOO useless
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Saving this thread for later. Much of these pooh-poohing comments remind me of: "Oh Apple will NEVER go with Intel!" *or* "Oh, iPhone will NEVER got to Verizon!"
Yeah... look how that turned out.
w00master
"Oh, I'll never use that. It's crap."
"Never used widgets on the mac, won't use it here."
Blah.
Blah.
Blah.
I GUARANTEE 99% of you will be using widgets the moment it rolls out on iOS 5. (That is if the rumor is actually true). (By the way, most are already using a "widget" on iOS: the Calendar app. How? It shows the current date *live* on the icon itself. It's technically functioning as a widget. Yeah, seeing the "date" on the icon itself is SOOO useless
)Saving this thread for later. Much of these pooh-poohing comments remind me of: "Oh Apple will NEVER go with Intel!" *or* "Oh, iPhone will NEVER got to Verizon!"
Yeah... look how that turned out.
w00master
So Apple should do the same as others? Bloat iOS and just add more RAM to compensate?
Battery is not a issue anymore.
Read latest android phones reviews.
Better than iPhone with similar usage. Times change. Some of you should change your arguments too. They are old like iOS.
Lol, I'm not saying what they should do, my post highlighted how the Apple fanatics defend Apple no matter what, no matter how inconsistent they are. First they defend the lack of features by saying the RAM isn't enough to handle it, then they defend the small amount of RAM by saying that no more is needed, that it's sufficient.